Video: Dawn arrives in Canada’s Rockies

Any time of day is grand when you’re in the Canadian Rockies. But dawn at the edge of an iced-up lake is especially bracing.

This video was shot at the edge of Vermilion Lakes, just outside Banff, in the heart of Canada’s Banff National Park. You’ll notice an especially rakish mountain in the distance – that’s Mt. Rundle. Lake Louise is about 45 minutes down the road.

“A Minute Away” is a video series in which nothing much happens -- except you see the world, and hear it, and get a respite from workaday life. These are casual moments – mostly just unpeopled scenery and natural sound from Machu Picchu, Red Square, the Yucatan, the Alamo, an Alaska float plane, the reading room of the New York Public Library. We add new ones weekly, and we’ve got more than 60 of them now, so if you’d prefer a full hour away…